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George Orwell said, "The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it.' He certainly wasn't wrong about that.
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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These aren't "holiday costs." They're #tariff costs. Trump's trade war is hitting kitchen tables: 30-50% hikes on basics because new tariffs raise prices at every step of the supply chain. Families get squeezed so he can brag about "toughness." #thanksgiving2025
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
These aren't "holiday costs." They're #tariff costs. Trump's trade war is hitting kitchen tables: 30-50% hikes on basics because new tariffs raise prices at every step of the supply chain. Families get squeezed so he can brag about "toughness." #thanksgiving2025
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
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Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
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The Australian actor opens up about how playing a stoic laborer in the American west changed his ideas about fatherhood, acting, and being a man.
'Masculinity Is a Word That Should Be Thrown Out': Joel Edgerton on Making 'Train Dreams'
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November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Australian actor opens up about how playing a stoic laborer in the American west changed his ideas about fatherhood, acting, and being a man.
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I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king”
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
pretty big sentiment shift for the area
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Many federal workers left government this year.
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Many federal workers left government this year.
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
Here’s a story about one — a man named Jonathan White.
At a town hall this spring, he demanded Democrats do more to stop Trump's agenda.
"We want you to show fight, and you are not fighting.”
(You may remember this viral clip.)
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Per our organizers protesting OTG: the anti-ICE protestors held up ICE until the NYPD arrived, arrested demonstrators w/ almost no warning, & pushed people onto the street without provocation.
@Jessica Tisch: the NYPD is letting the Gestapo take New Yorkers hostage. Don’t help ICE - arrest them
@Jessica Tisch: the NYPD is letting the Gestapo take New Yorkers hostage. Don’t help ICE - arrest them
“As the agents moved to exit their vehicles, protesters blocked them, forming a barricade at the mouth of the garage with their bodies and piling mounds of garbage bags beside them. The standoff continued for the better part of an hour as more and more protesters arrived.”
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Per our organizers protesting OTG: the anti-ICE protestors held up ICE until the NYPD arrived, arrested demonstrators w/ almost no warning, & pushed people onto the street without provocation.
@Jessica Tisch: the NYPD is letting the Gestapo take New Yorkers hostage. Don’t help ICE - arrest them
@Jessica Tisch: the NYPD is letting the Gestapo take New Yorkers hostage. Don’t help ICE - arrest them
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for the record.
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
for the record.
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There is no “cloud,” just someone else's computer—and when the cops come knocking on their door, these hosts need to be willing to stand up for privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data
Can the cops get your online data? In short, yes. There are a variety of US federal and state laws which give law enforcement powers to obtain information that you provided to online services. But,
www.eff.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is no “cloud,” just someone else's computer—and when the cops come knocking on their door, these hosts need to be willing to stand up for privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
"Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6FKlu4Jq/D...
Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending (The Guardian)
Composite: Rita Liu/The Gu...
l.smartnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6FKlu4Jq/D...
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Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
'Textbook War Crime': Critics Slam Hegseth For 'Outright Murder' After Shock Report
Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
www.huffpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
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Tonight’s movie: “The Ice Storm” (1997), directed by Ang Lee
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Tonight’s movie: “The Ice Storm” (1997), directed by Ang Lee
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with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
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Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
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It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
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Says the guy who auto-penned nearly 1600 pardons for January 6
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Says the guy who auto-penned nearly 1600 pardons for January 6
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There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There was no "Emergency" situation with crime in DC. This stunt got a 20 year old young woman killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
It. Got. A. Woman. Killed.
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Same. Today was exhausting.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Same. Today was exhausting.
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To sum it up.
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
To sum it up.
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Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
The John Fugelsang Podcast
News Podcast · Updated daily · The John Fugelsang Podcast... a podcast about politics, religion and pop culture from the host of
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social